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Dear Mama
There is nothing to say, but as the mail is irregular I will keep a letter going. Last Eveg Mr Darling came in, having returned only yesterday. Also, Mr Sampson, & Judge Whittaker, & Mr Mills, and Mr Fellows. I have seen the Hancocks several times. The General [General Hancock] has made a fatal mistake, I fear, in his first week, by excluding all negroes from juries, which will also exclude them, (on same principle), from being witnesses in court. This order puts every thing back and will excite great commotion. Probably it will lead to his own removal. I am sorry & disappointed. He told me he wd [would] take time before any important change, but has been hurried into this. The Radicals & blacks hold an indignation meeting tonight, and a great pow-wow

Dear Mama
There is nothing to say, but as the mail is irregular I will keep a letter going. Last Eveg Mr Darling came in, having returned only yesterday. Also, Mr Sampson, & Judge Whittaker, & Mr Mills, and Mr Fellows. I have seen the Hancocks several times. The General [General Hancock] has made a fatal mistake, I fear, in his first week, by excluding all negroes from juries, which will also exclude them, (on same principle), from being witnesses in court. This order puts every thing back and will excite great commotion. Probably it will lead to his own removal. I am sorry & disappointed. He told me he wd [would] take time before any important change, but has been hurried into this. The Radicals & blacks hold an indignation meeting tonight, and a great pow-wow